Welt-beating machine.



P. E. VALOIS.

WELT BEATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 24, 1912,

1,089,025. Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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F. E. VALOIS.

WELT BBATING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T. 24, 1912.

1,089,025. Patented Mar. 3, 1914 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FELIX E. VALOIS, 0F HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 'IO HAMEL SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSA-- CHUSETTS.

WELT-BEATING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

To all 11171011?. it 'mc/'l concern.'

Be it known that I, FELIX E. Ynirs, a citizen of the United States, residlng at Haverhill, county of Essex, State of Massa-- chusetts,` have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in felt-Beating Machines, of which the following is a speciication7 reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a welt beating machine intended to operate to separate the outer edge of the welt from the upper of a shoe and press down the welt to cause it to stand at an angle from said upper so that the sole may be more readily secured to said welt.

The object of my invention is to produce an effective mechanical device for the above purpose.

It consists in certain novel features of constructionzand operation, all as herein-- after more fully set forth in the following description of a machine embodying my invention, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof.

The novel features of my invention 4are pointed out and clearly defined in the claims at the close of the specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention showing the periphery of the welt beater in its highest position. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of .a machine. embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a detail showing particularly the work support and the welt beater in contact with a Welt which is secured to a shoe upper, said Welt beater, shoe parts and work supportbeing in section. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a modified form of machine comprising two welt beaters and showing means for mounting and operating the sa me. Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrative of the means for adjusting the Work-supiort.

l Having reference to the drawings-the frame of the machine is shown at A and is of common form and ordinary construction. Mounted in thc frame is a shaft B having thereon a pulley C, for driving which any suitable means may be employed. On the free or outer end vof the shaft B the welt beating wheel or member D is mounted, as shown in Fig. 1. This wheel comprises an eccentric 1, (see Fig. and a rim or beating surface 2. The rim 2 has a continuous or. uninterrupted periphery or tread, and said rim closely fits the circular eccentric 1. Said rim has an inwardly extending. iange 3 and an inwardly extending Hange 4, the latter being detachably secured to the rim by means of bolts 5. The rim 2 is thus secured to the eccentric and at the same 'ine may be rotated with reference to it. I ile other equivalent structures-might possibly be used, I prefer to employ aslidable rim to do away with the friction between the rotating beater and the material upon which 1t operates. The welt 6 of the upper 7 of a shoe is placed upon the work support 8, as shown in Fig. 3. This' work support comprises two parts, the upper part or anvil 10 being secured to the lower part or arm 9 by means of a pivot pin 1.1, said pin enabling the anvil to be rotated. The arm portion is pivoted at 12 in the base of the frame A, said arm portion being forked to admit the pivoted block 13 through which the adjustment bolt`14 is screwed. The pivots 14101:' the block 13 are received in openings 112 in the forked portion of the arm or lever t). The adjustment bolt 14 is provided with a set uut 15' by which it may be locked and the work support secured in any position desired. By this means the work support may be tilted. which enables the surface thereof to bc placed at any desired angle with reference to the periphery of the beater member. Of course. if desired. any well known kind of support and means of adjustment may be used instead of thc one hereinabove described.

The end of the shaft` B opposite to that on which the beat-er member D is mounted rests in a` bearing pivoted by the pins 16 in the frame A to allow a vertical oscillation to the shaft. This bearing is an extension of the goose neck 90, the other end of said goose neck being cast integral with the bearing 17 thereby effectively connecting' the bearing 17 to the rear ofthe frame A by means of the pin 16, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1. The shaft B rests near its forward end in the bearing 17, said bearing being rectangular in shape and itted into a vertical slot 18, as shown in Fig. 2. The bearing may thus be moved u or down by an adjustable support, whic consists .of a screw 19 threaded into a bracket 20 Xed-to the frame A, said support being locked by the set nut 21. By this means the beater nienlher may he placed at any height from l thework `support desired. ',lfhe bearing is]` held against the serew support hy nieansty ot a helical ,aiming 2i! whif'h may he adjusted in teneion hy the et screw 2?), Itlverjvi time the periphery ot the rotating;` nieinher eoines in rontaet with the welt the pringg permits a AWeldingv prewnre to he hronght to hear on Said neit, and thus dona away i with all risk ot' tearing the Sante. In other words the tree or outer end ot the hat`t li i is adapted to more vertieally when the niai whine is in operation. the rim ot the heater menihel' l) having a yieldingv pressure on the welt.

lnasinueh as welts Milly materially in width I hai'e found it Convenient to adjust the amount. et' periphery ot the heater ment her to he plat-ed ahove the work Aeupport to take rare of a, welt ot any partii'ilar width. To do thisv I provide in the type ot" niaf'hine l ,hown in VFig'. 1 a moana ot a lliustiug1f the Shaft Al lengfthwiql ot ite` axis. The collars 2l and 23 are yQevured to the Shaft on eaeh @ide ot' the hearingr 1T hy means ot' adjust-- nient wrews 2V so an' to rotate with the aha t't, llv this niean4 the. heater may he 'efured iii any lateral relation to the, work support.

The niarhine deserihed ahove and lQhowu in Vig. 1 ia equipped with one heater inenther only. Fig. l Shows a inoditied torni ol' inar'hine where the @aine principle ia applied hut whieh ha#y two heater nienihersy instead of one. thin' lnuingl douhle the "faparity ot the other machine. The trarne It. of the ina-- whine. howu in Fig'. Yl, ha;y mounted thereon in the hearing@ il' a shaft l". The ahai't. i# driwn hv ineain ot the pulley l( :seeurei'l to the renter thereof` Un eaeh end of @aid shaft are the heater mernhers` (di and ll. whirh are ol' the sante prineipi/t: and design as the one shown in Fig. l and hereiuahme deserihed. "they are mounted Conversely. thatA so that the periphery ot one heater at the lowe t point when the periphery of the other heater at the higheat point.y whirh i4 plain from Ifile'. 4. The hearings 2T are placed in the traine in the munt? manner a hearingv IT. hown in Fig. t. `arh oi' ai l hearingv heing uhliorted hy an adjustment Sei-ew and ear'h ha ringr preaure hrought to hear upon itsy upper #urtare hy the helit-al spring Ztl, all in the .Carne ina nner as l airing t7, l@hown in Vig. l, and herein ahove deserihed. To prevent :slippage of the l*haft I" in the direetion otl its4 axis I provide pins 30 itted into ear.; hearing 3? and engaging! perpendirula'r `dots El in the traine IC. lly thiconstruction the shaft It is permitted to owillate perpendieularly in the aine nianner as hearingr 1T in the torni of' inarhine dew'rihed ahon". shown in Fig. l. lY prefer to plaee the heater nieniher eon\'ei"-aely for the hetter working,I of the inarhine. The shaft F is Sernred in its posi tion, while at the saine time it is allowed to rotate. hy means of' the collars 32 and 33, plared atI the outside ends` ot' the hearings t2? and smuied to the shaft hy means of the `it rrewa llt and 35. VIn this machine, as well as in the inaehine ahown in Fig. 1, it is ee-ential that the amount of periphery ot the heater ineinhera whieh is over the work `aipport, should he increased or diminished as is neeeaaary t'er the partienlar Width of welt under operation. Inasmneh as the hatt eannotl he moved along its axis Where there i;-` a heater nieniher on eaeh end thereof, I have provided for an adjustable Work rapport A plate lt ia secured to the main portion of the worh support hy any Well known ineain". thin plate has; therein a Slot Ih' parallel to the :ehat't lt`. Through this dot a holt4 HH extends whieh Seeures the plate tirnilyr to the trame ot the machine. ily looseninj Y this holt the support, may he piared under the periphery of the heaterv nieniher to any extent required, and thus a welt of any vidth may he ope ated upon.

It `will he i'onnd that the eonstrnctionS hereinahove deaerihed act on the material in a pernliar manner, the result. heine,` that the material ist eompletely pressed and flattened hy ii.:ifsine through the maehine once. The welt in tren-hed on the ein-ves so as to lie flat without neeeseitating notehing the edge ot' the welt. l `urtherniore the work is pertornnf-d with Lfreat rapidity.

lvhal" I elaim is:

1. In a welt heatingr maehine, the e0mbi iat ion with a Work nupport ha ving a pivoted :invii part. ot a circular rotary heater CC- eentrirally mounted and having a continu oual or uninterrupted periphery.

2. In a welt heating machine, the e0mhination with a work @import having' a pivotifd am il part. ot a rotary heater comprisinegf a f--li lahle riin.

Si. In a wett heating;q niaehine, the eomhi- 110 nation with a work Rapport, ot a vertically movable ,`ha,ttu and an eeeentrieally mount.- ed rotary heater loeated at the outer end 0f Said @hatt and eeniprieingjv a slidahle rim.

Ll'. VIn a welt heating marhine, the eomhi- 115 nation with a work Support, ot' a vertieally inovahhl vieldingly mounted Shaft, a rotary heater with a slidahle rinl at the outer end ol Said shaft', and means't'or detaehahly securing said riin.

.7. In a welt beating machine, the combination with a work support, of a rotary shaft, and an. eeeentrie heater at the outer end ot' Saidy shaft and having a slidahle rim, Said rim heilig titted with an inwardly eX- 125 tending' flange at one side and a detaehably seenred inwardly extending flange at the other Side.

(l. In a welt heating machine, the combination with a werk Support, of an eccentric 130 rotary beater the rim of which operates upon the Work, and a yieldingly mounted shaft at the outer end of ,which Said beater is carried. l

7. In a Welt beating machine, the combination with a work support, of an eccentric beater the rim of Which operates upon tho work, and a longitudinally adjustable and yieldingly mounted shaft at the outer end of which said beater is carried.

8. In a Welt beating machine, the eombination of a Work support for the shoe to be o erated upon, and comprising an anvil n embcr having an edge beneath the beating member, the upper surface of said anvil member being adapted to support the welt of the slide with the edge of the anvil in contact with the upper, and a rotary beating member consisting of an eccentric having a slidable rim closely tting said eccentric and bearing against said edge.

9, ln a Welt beating machine, the combination with a shoe Supporting anvil, of a beating member comprlsing a rotary eccentric having a slidable rim closely fitting said eccentric.

In testimon whereof I afliX my signature, in presente o two Witnesses.

FELIX E. VALOIS.

W itnesses WiLLIAM A. MACLEOD, ALICE H. MORRISON. 

